They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock. She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations,(A) and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered by the sword.(B) Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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They will destroy(A) the walls of Tyre(B) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea(C) she will become a place to spread fishnets,(D) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder(E) for the nations,(F) and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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27 Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,
your sailors and captains,
those who repair your leaks,
those who barter for your goods,
and all the warriors within you,
with all the other people on board,[a]
sink into the heart of the sea
on the day of your downfall.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:27 Lit with all your assembly among you

27 Your wealth,(A) merchandise and wares,
    your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
    and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(B)
    on the day of your shipwreck.

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27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

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